Have We Found the Best New Vegan Cake? A Professional Baker Weighs In

On Piglet day 2, Umber Ahmad—James Beard Award-nominated chef/owner of Mah Ze Dahr Bakery in N.Y.C.'s West Village—takes two cozy, comforting books for a spin: JJ Johnson and Alexander Smalls' Between Harlem and Heaven and Nigella Lawson's At My Table. Umber cooks and bakes up a storm from both (including several oh-so-good cakes, and a very memorable peanut sauce), and along the way asks herself the important question: "Which one speaks my food language?"

The Piglet—inspired by The Morning News' Tournament of Books—is where the 16 most notable cookbooks of the year face off in a NCAA-style bracketed tournament. Watch the action and weigh in on the results!